Voles

I was trying to find an excellent university study that shows not only what has been found in the digestive tract of various shrews and moles, but the relative percentage of food types found, and it was surprising that herbivorous foods constituted a higher percentage than what is commonly thought. I still haven't located that study, but if I do, I will post it here.

The topic is not black and white, as there are so many shrew species and subspecies, with various habits, habitats and characteristics. It is a dark and unsavory world when reading up on their insectivorus & carnivorous predation, yikes! Anyways, here's a snippet of pertinent info I gathered up, most from the first link mentioned below, but also culled from other sites.

PYGMY SHREW (Sorex hoyi) Named for Dr. Philip Hoy. Trond, any relationship?The burrows are the size of a large earthworm hole.

Mark, not to my knowledge! Although there are more Norwegians (descendants) in America than in Norway.

I have asked some experts here and they definitely support you regarding the menu of shrews! Well, anyway I have never heard of anybody accusing shrews for damages in the garden. So I don't think they are problematic here. The field vole, Microtus agrestis is far to fear!